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Ecuadorian actress (1952/1953–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amparo Guillén (1952 or 1953 – 12 December 2024) was an Ecuadorian actress. Her best-known role was as Lupita, the mother of the Vera household in the Ecuadorian sitcom Mis adorables entenados.
Amparo Guillén | |
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| Born | 1952 or 1953 |
| Died | (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Ecuador |
| Occupation | Actress |
Guillén took an interest in singing and acting from a young age and at 23 began her career in the field by joining a theater group. She debuted as a television actress in the Ecuavisa telenovela Por amor propio.[1]
As a member of the theater group La Mueca, Guillén met and befriended the actors Oswaldo Segura, Sandra Pareja, Héctor and Andrés Garzón, and Richard Barker. Together, they performed in the stage productions Maestra Vida and Mis adorables entenados in 1988. The next year, Ecuavisa brought the production to television and Guillén played the mother of the eponymous Vera family, who struggled to raise her step-children. Guillén participated in the series's entire run, 1989 to 1991. In 2016, she had reunions with the rest of the cast in Ecuador and the United States.[2]
Amparo Guillén was sexually assaulted at ages six and fourteen, causing her to fall into substance abuse for the next 21 years of her life. Guillén kept her addiction secret, but reached a crisis when she sent her daughter, then nine years old, to study in the United States. She sought help and, at age 41, defeated her addiction and spoke publicly to young people about the dangers of substance abuse.[1]
Guillén died from complications from diabetes and long COVID on 12 December 2024, at the age of 71.[3]
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